All I can say re: your Dad is...WOW!
My father was in the background. He drove supply trains around Italy. No actual combat, but still dangerous nonetheless.
Mom also helped the war effort...she was one of those who worked in a factory that was converted to providing materials for the war.
In that generation, I did not hear of the whining and politcal correctness we have today. People worked together to fight a common enemy. They knew who the enemy was.
My parents are both gone...as are their siblings, except for my mother’s youngest sister. As they all fade away, the world is a little dimmer.
Yeah - there’s a lot of brave folks still living -getting fewer by the day.
My dad stayed stateside in the service - he wrote the manual for the M-1 rifle. When I found it in his things after he died, I almost threw it out, then realized what I was holding.
Hubby’s uncle was a bombadier in Europe - MANY pictures he wasn’t supposed to take are in family albums.